Editing Diarmuid Wilson

{{Short description|Irish politician (born 1965)}}
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| honorific-prefix = [[Seanad Éireann|Senator]] 
| image        = Diarmuid Wilson 2025 (cropped).jpg
| caption      = Wilson in 2025
| office       = [[Seanad Éireann|Senator]]
| term_start   = 12 September 2002
| term_end     = 
| constituency = [[Administrative Panel]]
| birth_name   =
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1965|11|20|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Cavan]], Ireland
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| party        = [[Fianna Fáil]]
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| children     = 
| relations    = [[John Wilson (Irish politician)|John Wilson]] (uncle)
| alma_mater   = {{Ubl|[[St Patrick's College, Maynooth]]|[[Brunel University]]}}
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'''Diarmuid Wilson''' (born 20 November 1965) is an Irish [[Fianna Fáil]] politician who has served as a [[Seanad Éireann|senator]] for the [[Administrative Panel]] since September 2002.<ref name=oireachtas_db>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Diarmuid-Wilson.S.2002-09-12/|title=Diarmuid Wilson|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=7 January 2010|archive-date=19 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190319041014/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Diarmuid-Wilson.S.2002-09-12|url-status=live}}</ref>

A member of [[Cavan County Council]] from 1999 to 2004, he was first elected to the Seanad in 2002 and was re-elected in 2007 and 2011.<ref name=elecs_irl>{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=4879|title=Diarmuid Wilson|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=7 January 2010|archive-date=21 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221202237/http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?id=4879|url-status=live}}</ref> He is the nephew of [[John Wilson (Irish politician)|John Wilson]], who was a [[Teachta Dála|TD]], Minister and [[Tánaiste]]. He is the [[Fianna Fáil]] whip in the Seanad and spokesperson on Defence.  Wilson is a member of the cross-party ''Oireachtas Friends of Israel'' in the [[Oireachtas]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=
https://www.ontheditch.com/oireachtas-friends-of-israel-group/|title=Local Councillor Erin McGreehan given Seanad post by new Taoiseach|date=13 September 2024|website=The Ditch|access-date=21 November 2024|archive-date=19 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919095152/https://www.ontheditch.com/oireachtas-friends-of-israel-group/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Families in the Oireachtas]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.fiannafail.ie/senators/diarmuid-wilson/ Diarmuid Wilson's page on the Fianna Fáil website]

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[[Category:Members of Cavan County Council]]
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[[Category:People from Cavan (town)]]
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